Mind the Product

OCTOBER 31, 2019

If you’re new to a product management job then it can often be very hard to get access to all the information you need. But I’ve found that by building relationships, setting the future vision, and having faith in your capabilities as a product manager you can carve out a place for yourself.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The product management function in any given industry has both similarities and differences. In all cases, product managers drive the development of products and are ultimately responsible for the success of those products. Moreover, they communicate the product vision to the organization.

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Mind the Product

MAY 5, 2020

Ahead of the ninth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on May 21st and, at a time where digital products are very much in the spotlight, we’re digging deep into accessibility to better understand how we, as product managers, can improve our digital products. Introduction. What should you tackle first?

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The Product Cafe

JUNE 16, 2023

💜 Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, and more. 😮‍💨 Take a Leap 🤩 Your journey from an Associate Product Manager (APM) to a Senior Product Manager (SPM) has been a tough, thrilling climb.

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UX Planet

JANUARY 17, 2024

Notion A curated collection of Notion templates for various product design activities — from user research to usability testing. User Research Research question bank by Maze Notion database template compiles 350+ ready-to-use questions for rapid research and testing.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 26, 2024

Brought to you by: • Uizard —AI-powered prototyping for visionary product leaders • Mercury —The powerful and intuitive way for ambitious companies to bank • Vanta —Automate compliance. Bangaly says to view product management as analogous to coaching a sports team. Simplify security.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

 —  @ant_murphy Product Management is complex. Complex because it’s situational which makes being a good Product Manager about being adaptive. sweeping statements about product management like “Product Managers are the CEO of the product” are generally only half-true.

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Product Management Unpacked

JULY 9, 2020

Pendo’s chief product officer shares his take on product management leadership. “If If software is leading the world, then product managers are the modern-day businessmen and women,” says Brian Crofts, Chief Product Officer (CPO) at Pendo. That’s a big part of my day.”. The burden of bias.

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Product Management University

MAY 15, 2024

What I mean is, the emphasis is on explaining how the product works as opposed to giving users a vision of what their job will be like if they use your product. Be sure to describe the job tasks as if your products didn’t exist. For example, let’s say your product targets loan officers at commercial banks.

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Product Talk

JANUARY 31, 2024

You’ll hear from: Leann Schneider , Product Manager at Plum.io , Sebastian Wramba , Product Manager at Netfonds AG (finfire), and Jelena Stajic , Vice President of Product at ScholarshipOwl. Meet Sebastian Wramba, Product Manager at Netfonds AG. Let’s dive in!

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

As I strive towards becoming a product leader, I wanted to understand the best practises in product management and in the process develop my own product philosophy. . This article explores multiple aspects of product management. the Product Manager role is a rather recent phenomenon.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 1, 2024

How product managers can design their customer experience journey We all want to create products that customers find valuable and even delightful. But accomplishing that is complicated, and some teams lose focus on the real objective or start without a clear vision for what they need to accomplish.

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Product Management University

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Staffing your organization with highly capable product managers is of utmost importance to ensuring the success of each product, but what happens when your portfolio starts to expand? Adopting a product portfolio management (PPM) approach is the logical next step in the maturation process for most product management teams.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 16, 2020

The plan was to build a low-cost Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to validate the idea of social payments before adding any resources. However, I quickly discovered that there’s too much brand risk for a trusted bank to take this type of lean startup approach. All in all, it took exactly one year from pitch to market launch.

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Ronke PM

OCTOBER 5, 2023

These exceptional products reside within the recesses of our memory banks, forging a profound connection with our hearts and souls. This revelation was the "aha moment" most Product Managers dream of, and it was only achievable because I fully immersed myself in their world.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 19, 2019

What does it mean for us as product managers? We all use AI or machine learning (ML)-driven products almost every day, and the number of these products will be growing exponentially over the next couple of years. What does it mean for us as product managers? If so, it’s probably a recommendation problem.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

As IT departments change the way they operate, the role of product management for information technology is becoming much more common inside those areas of companies. Product management in IT can be very similar to product management in other settings, but there are some key differences as well.

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CardBoard

JULY 18, 2023

Done properly, these strategic masterpieces outline your product’s future filled with high-level goals, strategic initiatives, and a vision that would make Steve Jobs proud. What exactly is a product roadmap? It’s a thing of beauty, full of high-level goals and strategic visions. We’ve all been there.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2019

Product Management Journey?—?Developer Developer to Consultant to Product Manager If you asked me 5 years ago, I didn’t even know what Product Management was. I received a lot of questions recently on how to transition into a Product Manager role. in Computer Science) in 2008.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 21, 2022

which is Tim Berners Lee’s vision of a linked or semantic web. vision includes a large component called the “semantic web,” which Tim Berners-Lee proposed, who is the inventor of the World Wide Web. Web3 is a generic term that describes the vision for a better internet. Web3 and Web 3.0 are fundamentally different. What’s Web3?

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Watch the video to see his talk in full, or read on for an overview of his key points: An overview of the UK digital banking sector. Products in the financial sector. What a product leader does. The UK Digital Banking Sector. Products in the Financial Sector.

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 5, 2022

JJ Rorie is founder and CEO of Great Product Management. She is the author of the book IMMUTABLE: 5 Truths of Great Product Managers. She is Faculty at Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, teaching graduate level product management courses. PRODUCT PRINCIPLES. We disrupt banking.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 14, 2018

UX and product management have broadly the same goals?—?to to understand users’ needs, to create excellent experiences that solve those needs and to keep innovating products, with these aims in mind. Product managers make up a sizeable proportion of the graduates of our courses. What does a product manager do?

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 29, 2022

We were joined by more than 2,500 customers, partners, and others who wanted to learn more about our product, goals, and the path ahead. Des Traynor laid out the six unique beliefs that guide our vision, mission, and roadmap here at Intercom. You’ve seen our vision for the Engagement OS from Karen. That’s cool.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 5, 2017

Like a sailor who navigates a path through stormy seas, a product manager needs to navigate their product through the needs of customers, business partners, and stakeholders while following the product vision (the end state for what the product will deliver in the future). We disrupt banking.

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Mind the Product

MAY 13, 2019

I’m a product manager at Monzo. We’re a UK-based bank and our mission is to make money work for everyone. Firstly we e xplain the “why” by defining an inspiring vision with the team, and having a clear goal. Create Ownership by Defining a Clear Vision and a Goal With Your Team. Explain the why.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Summary: Product managers always find themselves trying to make disparate groups of people happy. FreeAgent has created a three-step framework to help manage this process across organisations. Product managers often sit between stakeholders who are asking for new features. Map User Journeys. Balanced Scorecard.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 26, 2018

VR Banking? Take banking for example. Banks have faced serious pressure over the last couple years to make the move to mobile, since that’s where their customers live. On-the-go is when customers truly need access to their bank accounts, so mobile apps and cheque scanners make sense. It’s not Just a Matter of Resources.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2023

Get ready to dive into insightful discussions, practical strategies, and real-world examples that will empower you to create and manage products that meet user needs and leave them truly satisfied. Product Drive is Userpilot’s FREE online event where experts from top companies come to share growth and marketing insights.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 22, 2018

Following the success of M-Pesa he oversaw the launch of M-Shwari, a loans and savings bank account linked to the M-Pesa system which can also be accessed with a mobile phone. What does it take to manage the unlikely transformation in personal banking in rural parts of Africa? Be Passionate. It’s a simple as that.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

In this post, we interview Stephen on how to ace your product management behavioral interview questions. Previously, he was a product manager at Google. One particular aspect of product management that I like is a "therapist-like" role a PM plays sometimes. Lastly, do your homework. They don’t listen!

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Many people who seek a product role do so because the idea of what is possible entrances them. The type of person who looks at what exists and finds fulfillment in realizing their vision of what it could be.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 13, 2020

Product Managers are often called “Product CEOs” or “Mini GMs”, but they rarely have direct control over the inputs that lead to successful products. Shipping product to real users. Product School's Product Management Certification Founded in 2014, Product School boasts a community of 1 million+.

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Mixpanel

JANUARY 12, 2023

We’ve run dozens of customer interviews, analyzed our competitors, tracked our customer lifecycle, and aligned with the company vision: now we’re finally ready to write copy. It can be incredibly insightful for early-stage companies to establish their positioning and product-market fit. I love looking at Plaid’s history.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

I’ve always argued that product management is a team sport. This friction between teams is why we have libraries full of project management books and methodologies, inboxes and outboxes, dependency management, and so much more. If you’re only using product managers to groom backlogs, you’re only getting half their value.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

How NOT to manage a Startup As a product manager, I led 2 teams in my recent startup gig with a lot of uncertainty, distractions and constant changes that impacted the engineers. Below are some of my key observations and how we managed to steer the situations. There was no buy-in on the company vision across the company.

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BrainMates

OCTOBER 14, 2021

An Interview with Phil Koziol, Product Manager at Good Pair Days. More often than not, a Product Manager starts a new role and is immediately bombarded with tasks and responsibilities. Good Pair Days offer new Product Managers six weeks to learn about the company which is essential for achieving success in their new role.

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